Gas-moistening apparatus.



E. J. BUSHE YL .GAS MOIST'ENING APPARATUS. APPLICATION men AUG-l9 191 4.

Patented Aug. 13, 1918'.

. anwwhoz Ell; J. Busficy %1 his 61mm I .ELI J. 'BUSHEY, 0F YORK, N. Y.

GAS-MOISTENIN G APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters-Patent; Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

Application filed August 19,1914. Serial No. 857,520.

To all whom it may concern:

zen of the United. States and a resident of New .York, county andgtate-of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-MoisteningApparatus,-

of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. 1 1

This invention relates'more particularly to the method of and'apparatusfor saving gas andfor cleaning the' cylinders of gasoleneengines of carbon.

One of the principal objects er the inven tion is to provide a simpleattachment which may be applied to gasolene engines of automobiles orother vehicles without changing the construction of the same and bywhich andthe method resulting therefrom, steam or vapor and air may bemixed with the gas or explosive mixture between the carbureterand thecylinders of the engine, therebyeoonomizing in the use of gasolene andat the same time increasing the speed and cansing the carbon deposit inthe engine cylink ders to be automatically removed by the steam. I

Another object of the invention is to provide simple and eflicient meansand method whereby the cylinders of gasolene engines may be speciallytreated for. the removal of carbon or other foreign deposit.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide an attachment orapparatus which is inexpensive to manufacture and which may be readilymade and assembled and applied to various kinds of engines as ordinarilyconstructed.

With these and other objects in view, the

invention will be hereinafter more particu larly describe d, withreferenceto the accompanymg drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, and will then be pointed out in the claim at the end ofthe description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side eleva- 'tion of one form ofautomobile engine with the invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of apart of the apparatus.

- Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line III III of Fig. 2.

The engine 10' has one or more cylinders 11 and is provided with theusual carburetor 12 having a throttle which may be operated by a crank13 and by a rod 14. Above the .25.- This valve25 hasan 21 to the pipe 23to the cylinders, and leading from the cylin- Be it known that I,-ELI J.BUSHTEF, a citiders is an exhaust pipe 16.- The parts thus described maybe of the usual or of any preferred-construction. I

A tank 17 may be suitably attached to or supported on the dash-board 18'of the vehicle. This tank may, be cylindrical in form' or otherwise madeand is provided with tegral with the pipe 21 and said pipe 23 isprovided with a plurality of convolutions 24 about the exhaust pipe 16,by which the liquid or other fluid passing through the pipe will beheatedbythe exhaust from the engines, the exhaust pipe serving as aheating drum. The pipe 23 at its lower "end communicates with theintakeflo above the carbureter 12 and in said -pipe'23 isa valveOperating arm 26 which may be connected by otherwise to the throttler'od14"and'in such a waythat'the throttle isopen'edfto start' the-engine andhave the same runningbefore the valve 26' is'open to permit-the fluidfrom the pipe 23 to enter the intake 15 and mix with the gaspassingthrough the carbureter.

- The pipe 21in the tank 17 is provided at the lower portion thereofwith a plurality of openings 28 andthese openings are covered bya feltwasheror' gasket-29 or other? wise. so that water, as 30, within thetank 17 may. seep through the felt or other covering through theopenings and pass" with the air from the atmosphere through the pipearoundthe exhaust pipe and there heated so, as to heat the air and--convertthe water or vapor into "steam so that the latter may becommingled with'the gas passing from thecarbureter to the en- -g1ne inan amount according to the openof the valve 26 and according to thepositlon or the tle.

It will be evident that the air and vaporized water being supplied tothe engine in addition to the usual supply of explosive mixture willmaterially reduce the quantity necessary to run the engine, therebyeconomizing in the use of gasolene. The steam amount of opening of thethrota link 27 or also serves further to clean the ene cylinders ofcarbon so that a saving is accomplished in this way; The invention alsoserves to add to the speed as it has been demonstrated in practice thatwhen the engine is running and the valve 26 is open, the speed of theengine is thereby materially increased.

When it is desired to thoroughly clean the engine cylinders if theybecome dirty through deposits of carbon, etc., and When first attachingthe invention to an engine already inuse, l employ a scavengingattachment. This is shown in Fig. 2 in the form of a piper3l leadingfrom the bottom of the tank 17 and communicating with the pipe 21beneath the tank. In thlspipe 31 is a valve 32 which may be opened byhand and which will permit a larger supply of Water to pass through thepipe 21 than would naturally seep through the packing 29. In using thescavenging attachment, the engine is usually run at a high speed beforethe valve 32 is opened. By this method and apparatus an efiectualcleaning of the cylinder or cylinders is secured.

Having thus described my inventlon, l

l emme claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A-gasmoistening pparatus comprising a gas supply conduit, a heating drum, awater tank, a pipe connected at its outlet end with said gas conduit andpassing upwardly tions and the outlet end of'the pipe, a sleeve ofporous material fitting about said pipe Within the tank and extendingover the perforations 1n the pipe, means for creating a suction throughsaidpipe, anda valve in said pipe for controlling the passage ofmoistened air therethrough to the gas supply conduit.

This specification signed and witnessed this 14th day of August, A. D.1914.

pm J. BUSHEY.

Witnesses:

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